1/ Excited to share a new preprint by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and me, forthcoming in @europeansocieties.bsky.social ! 📰 We explore intra-couple disparities in pension wealth and net wealth among retired spouses in East and West Germany doi.org/10.31219/osf... - ThreadSky

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apweiland.bsky.social • 102 days ago

1/ Excited to share a new preprint by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and me, forthcoming in @europeansocieties.bsky.social ! 📰
We explore intra-couple disparities in pension wealth and net wealth among retired spouses in East and West Germany https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/ruyfp

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apweiland.bsky.social•102 days ago

2/ Using German Socio-Economic Panel data (2002–2017), we compare pension and net wealth gaps between older spouses in Eastern (n=846) and Western Germany (n=2331). We find striking regional differences

apweiland.bsky.social•102 days ago

3/ Pension wealth gaps:
📍 Eastern Germany: 12%
📍 Western Germany: 53%
Net wealth gaps:
📍 Eastern Germany: 21%
📍 Western Germany: 8%

apweiland.bsky.social•102 days ago

4/ Regression analyses show that spouses’ employment histories account for pension wealth disparities but fail to explain net wealth inequalities --> Hinting at a more equal distribution of the latter, esp. concerning housing wealth/less clear lines between legal & perceived ownership in assets

apweiland.bsky.social•102 days ago

5/ As populations age and old-age security transforms, understanding individual and shared assets in marriages becomes crucial. Our study emphasizes the importance of monitoring intra-couple economic inequalities esp. as marital norms evolve and individualization increases.

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